Question

When John writes articles for a cooking magazine, he gets paid by the word. For a 1, 400 word article, he earns $980. How much would John earn for a 1,850 word article?

Answer 1

`(1400)/(980)=(1850)/(x)`

then, solve for x

`\begin{gathered} 1400x=1850*980 \\ 1400x=1813000 \\ (1400x)/(1400)=(1813000)/(1400) \\ x=1295 \end{gathered}`

answer: john earn $ 1295 for 1850 word article